Name of creator(s): Presteigne Urban District Council; Presteigne Burial Authority

CONTEXT

Administrative and biographical history: Burial boards were established by the Burial Act 1853 to allow parish vestries, borough councils or local boards of health to create and manage new cemeteries. Following the Local Government Act 1894, Presteigne Urban District Council, Radnorshire, could exercise the powers of Burial Boards by purchasing land to provide burial places. The Presteigne Burial Authority was created by the Local Government Act 1972.

Finding aids: A hard copy is available at the Powys County Archives Service.Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records transferred to Powys County Archives Service have been retained.

Accruals: Accruals are possible

Immediate source of acquisition: Transfer from Powys County Council on 3.12.96, accession 1082

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related units of description: Related burial records are in Powys County Archives Service, Radnorshire District Council records, R/DC.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds

Archivist's note: Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Powys County Archives Service, Presteigne Burial Authority, catalogue; Hey, David, Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History (Oxford, 1997).

Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2, and LCSH